A technician accidentally fires the vulcan cannon from the fighter plane and destroys an F-16

A maintenance officer would have accidentally fired a 20mm Vulcan gun from an F-16 aircraft on a Belgian Air Force base, destroying an F-16 aircraft located nearby and injuring the aircraft. other people, according to the reported information.

The technician from Florennes Air Base, in southern Belgium, accidentally fired with the weapon while he was performing maintenance work on the plane, hitting an F16 parked on the tarmac in front of a hangar, reported Avio News.

The affected plane was full of fuel at that time and caught fire, and another nearby aircraft was damaged. The Belgian Air Force confirmed the incident at the air base and reported that two mechanics were being treated for hearing loss caused by the explosion.

A photo taken on June 27, 2016 shows the departure of six Belgian army planes, F-16 fighter jets, at Kleine Brogel Air Force Base. Getty Images

An investigation was opened on Thursday's incident and the commander of the Florennes aerodrome told Belgian television, the RTBF, that the investigation would seek to determine whether there was had fault.

"You can not help but think of the disaster that it could have been," said Colonel Didier Polome, who has returned from the Baltic Sea where the Belgian F-16s are monitoring the border between NATO and Russia .